RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

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Boasting well over 800 lots, RR Auction’s November Fine Autograph and Artifact sale begins with an extraordinary feature chronicling the life and death of President John F. Kennedy—from early candid snapshots of JFK to relics from Lee Harvey Oswald, this section offers an impressive variety of material. Other significant items in the sale include letters by classical music icons Erik Satie and Claude Debussy, an excellent 1963 Beatles autograph, a magnificent cabinet photo signed by Charles Dickens, a 1950 letter by reclusive author J. D. Salinger, and a wealth of superior presidential autographs including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, and James A. Garfield. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in April 2017.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Jean-Baptiste Gouvion362 - Jean-Baptiste Gouvion
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French general (1747-1792) who participated in the American and French Revolutionary Wars before being killed by a cannon while serving under Lafayett
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nathanael Greene363 - Nathanael Greene
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Major General in the Continental Army (1742–1786) who entered the army as a private and rose to become one of Washington's most able and dependa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Stark364 - John Stark
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LS, one page both sides, 8 x 12.25, September 4, 1781. Letter to Governor George Clinton of New York. In part: "An instance that I think somewh...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Anthony Wayne365 - Anthony Wayne
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Revolutionary War general (1745–1796) whose daring tactics earned him the nickname ‘Mad Anthony.’ Scarce ADS, signed “Ant'y Wayne MG,” one page,...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Hamilton P. Bee366 - Hamilton P. Bee
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Lengthy Civil War-dated handwritten manuscript signed "H. P. Bee," five pages, 7.75 x 11.75, April 10, 1864. Written by Bee while statione...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain367 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page, 5 x 7.5, July 1, 1874. Official Bowdoin College document, in full: "Be it known, that ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson368 - Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
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Manuscript DS, signed "T. J. Jackson, 1st Lt. 1st Arty, AAQM," one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 20, 1848. Jackson, stationed in Mexico City, con...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jefferson Davis369 - Jefferson Davis
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Civil War–dated autograph endorsement, signed "Jeffer: Davis," on a light blue 6.25 x 1.75 slip, April 15, 1864. In part: "The order ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant370 - Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant
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Exceptional pairing of signed carte-de-visite photos of the opposing Civil War Army leaders: an uncommon 2.25 x 4 bust portrait of Robert E. Lee in pr
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Nathan Kimball371 - Nathan Kimball
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Military officer (1822–1898) who distinguished himself at the Battle of Buena Vista and served as a Union general in the Civil War. ALS, three pages o
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Longstreet372 - James Longstreet
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 6.5, October 31, 1871. Stock certificate issued to George Ingram for five shares of the New Orleans & North ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John S. Mosby373 - John S. Mosby
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Wonderful vintage 7.25 x 4 albumen print of French artist Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq's 1868 painting of Mosby's Rangers returning from ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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George E. Pickett and James Longstreet374 - George E. Pickett and James Longstreet
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Third-person ADS entirely in Pickett's hand, signed within the text five times by Pickett and at the conclusion by Longstreet, three pages on tw...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer375 - George A. Custer
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Sought-after Planters National Bank of Louisville check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Custer, "G. A. Custer," payable to cash for ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John J. Pershing376 - John J. Pershing
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ALS, one page, 8 x 10.5, on the reverse of Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces letterhead, January 23, 1918. Letter to the Queen of Belgium, in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Erwin Rommel377 - Erwin Rommel
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War-dated DS in German, signed “Rommel,” one page, 8 x 10.5, January 6, 1942. Untranslated document in which Rommel nominates a group of German soldie
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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World War II378 - World War II
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Uncommon collection of World War II correspondence between Italian brothers Cesario and Lorenzo Esposito, the former a prisoner of war detained at Cam
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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George Carteret379 - George Carteret
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Royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy (c. 1610–1680). Rare manuscript signed "...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Albrecht von Wallenstein380 - Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Military leader and politician (1583-1634) who offered his services during the Thirty Years' War to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. He beca...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Edmund P. Gaines381 - Edmund P. Gaines
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Army officer who served with distinction during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars, and the Black Hawk War (1777–1849). ALS signed “E. P. Gaines,” thr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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